The $10,000 report by 3P Consulting made 17 recommendations, not all of them applicable to the council,  ranging from signs prohibiting bad behaviour in the Brisbane Street Mall to a CBD code of conduct.

A follow-up report's key recommendations - such as a policy defining the council's role in targeting antisocial behaviour that aldermen passed in April - have not been pursued. 

However, the council has helped fund and implement:

 The Care Factor program in three Launceston high schools  to  foster  respectful behaviour.

 A graffiti removal and prevention project to be launched in March.

 A community grant for programs that address the issue of young people having nothing to do in the city.

The council said it was severely limited in what it could do to tackle antisocial behaviour. 

``To suggest that the council has, or is  capable of having, the solutions without direct buy-in and participation by the number of state government departments with responsibility in this area is simply not correct,'' council general manager Robert Dobrzynski said. 

``What we have tried to do is co-ordinate the different state departments and agencies to come up with a joint response.''

  Mayor Albert van Zetten said the council had made some progress but ``we're never going to get rid of all antisocial behaviour''.

``We will continue to work with the respective authorities and groups as much as we can,'' he said. 

The council said its proposed Greater Launceston Plan would examine ways to deter antisocial behaviour in the city centre.

 The plan would consider relocating bus stops and taxi ranks _ a recommendation of the 3P report _   as well as the types of facilities and activities most conducive to a pleasant CBD environment, suitable for both shopping and inner-city living.

Antisocial behaviour in Launceston has come under the spotlight after a city retailer highlighted the issue on Facebook.

Watson's Jewellers wants a smoking ban extended to include the footpath outside its  Brisbane Street store. 

It  is believed that  a ban, although related to smoking, would prevent badly behaving groups from hanging around outside the  business. 

As of yesterday the campaign had received 3500 ``likes'' on Facebook.